November 2025 - DC Document Reports

A Big Mac, and a Dollar.

Post author:Mark
Post published:November 24, 2025
Post category:Opinion

I grew up believing an honest hour’s work should buy an honest meal. In the late 1980s, the federal minimum was $3.35 an hour. When the wage went up to $3.75 in 1990, a Big Mac meal back then—burger, medium fries, medium Coke—ran about $3.50 to $4.00 before tax. One hour of work, maybe 50 minutes, and those at that pay level walked out full with change in their pocket.Fast-forward to 2025. The federal minimum wage in many states is still $7.25. Yet today that same Big Mac combo costs $12 to $15. The kid making $7.25…

Mars Is a Cover Story: A 96% Certainty

Post author:Mark
Post published:November 19, 2025
Post category:Adventure

I’m not a PhD. I’m an A&P — I hold an FAA ticket, and I’ve seen what happens when engineers forget real-world failure modes. I started at 73%. I’m now at 96% that Mars is a cover story. 1. Domed Cities? Structural Failure in <2 Years Mars radiation: 250 µSv/day + 30 Sv solar storms. Shielding needed: 5–10 m regolith. Shielding on manifest: 0 lbs. Inflatable habitats? I’ve pressure-tested Bigelow modules.They’re fine in LEO. On Mars? Micrometeorite punctures Thermal cycling cracks No repair crew Verdict: Unsurvivable. 2. Solar Panels? Clogged, Dead, and Buried in 90 Days Dust storms: 3–6 months, 99.5 % blackout. Battery backup…

Returning to the 2015 Debt-to-GDP Ratio: A Path for President Trump

Post author:Mark
Post published:November 15, 2025
Post category:Trump administration

Current Context (as of November 15, 2025):The U.S. federal debt held by the public stood at 99.8% of GDP at the end of FY 2025 (September 30, 2025), with gross federal debt at approximately 123%. Two weeks ago (October 31, 2025), the gross debt-to-GDP ratio was 123%, based on $38.019 trillion in total debt. In 2015, the public debt-to-GDP ratio was 73.6% — a level last seen before the post-2008 surge in deficits, the 2017 tax cuts, and pandemic-era spending. Returning to 73.6% requires reducing the ratio by ~26 percentage points — a historic fiscal pivot. Below is a…

The Case for Iowa 2.0

Post author:Mark
Post published:November 11, 2025
Post category:Trump administration

I. The Hole in the Fleet Every U.S. Carrier Strike Group (CSG) today is a masterpiece of airpower projection—100,000 tons of diplomacy, 90 aircraft, and a 600-mile reach. Yet when the Marines hit the beach, the gunfire dies. Since the last Iowa-class battleship was decommissioned in 1992, the Navy has had zero ships capable of sustained, high-volume, low-cost coastal bombardment. Tomahawks cost $2 million each. 5-inch guns reach 13 miles and carry 400 rounds. Zumwalt’s advanced guns sit idle—the $800,000 shells were canceled.In a Taiwan Strait scenario, the PLA could dig 100 miles of fortified coastline. Air wings…

Nancy Pelosi has gone full on Nazi!

Post author:Mark
Post published:November 6, 2025
Post category:Opinion

"He's just a vile creature, the worst thing on the face of the Earth."-Nancy Pelosi, about President Trump, 11/4/2025 I wouldn't have had an issue with this statement if she hadn't used 'creature' and 'thing' to describe President Trump. If she wrote, He's just a vile person, the worst human on the face of Earth. That would be an opinion, no harm, no foul. The Nazis used her exact wording about the Jews to persuade the German citizens to approve their murders. Published by Editor, Sammy Campbell.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy-Toxic Frost

Post author:Mark
Post published:November 4, 2025
Post category:Opinion

If I were Ukraine’s President, I’d go Roman on Moscow as General Scipio did to Carthage. I cannot understand why President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is holding back on Moscow.Vladimir Putin wants to possess all of Ukraine; otherwise, he’d be suing for peace at the current battle lines. Therefore, Vladimir Putin will not destroy the most fertile farmland in the world by using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Ukraine has hybrid vehicles capable of reaching Moscow.Imagine a thousand drone hybrids hitting Moscow in the dead of night with radioactive waste! The drones detonate 30 feet above the ground. The people…